ONIPA

"Riotous beats and irresistible delirium" The Guardian “A red hot cocktail of urban grooves which takes us from Accra to Johannesburg, passing by Kinshasa and other planets.” Le Monde “A welcome reminder of our shared humanity.” Black Grooves Onipa is an Afro-Futurist project from Ghana / London founded in 2018 by K.O.G (founder of K.O.G and the Zongo Brigade) and Tom Excell (founder of Nubiyan Twist) with bandmates Finn Booth (Nubiyan Twist) and Wonky Logic (Steam Down). Their second album ‘Off the Grid’ (6 Oct 2023) is a journey that joins the origin story of dance rhythms from Africa to electronic dance music of today's clubs and festivals, connecting African folklore and storytelling to rap, jazz and hip hop and features an impressive cast of collaborators including Moonchild Sanelly, David Walters, Dele Sosimi and Theon Cross. Their debut album We No Be Machine was released in March 2020, with a 4* review from MOJO and UK radio play on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 6 from Benji B, Cerys Matthews, Tom Ravenscroft, Gideon Coe alongside others.